Sash-fastener.



Patented June 24, |902.

C. A. GOD'DSELL.

SASH FSTENER.v

(Application med .my 2o, 1901.)

(lo Model.)

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLAYTON A. GOODSELL, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS.

SASH-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,940, dated June 24,1902.

Application filed July 20,1901.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, CLAYTON A. GooDsELL, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSash-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in sash-fasteners adaptedfor application to the side rails of a window-sash and intended toprovide means for fastening the two sash together and also preferablyfor fastening one of the sash to the window-frame.

To such ends the invention consists in certain novel features belowdescribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure lis an elevation of the part of a window-frameand window-sash to which the fastener is applied. Fig. 2 is a horizontalsection in the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical section in line3 3 of Fig. looking in the direction of the arrow 3. Fig. l is avertical section in the line 4 et of the same iigure. Fig. 5 is aperspective of a boltcarrying slide adapted to keep the bolt in the samerelative position laterally with the holes into which it is intended toenter. Fig. 6 is a vertical section in the line 6 6 of Fig. l. Fig. 7 isaperspective view of one of the bolts, and Fig. 8 is a verticalcross-section in line S 8 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, Aisvthe windowvframe; B B', the upper andlower sash, re-

spectively. The upper sash is provided with a series of holes orbolt-sockets b, and upon one side of the top of the lower sash issecured a frame or casing C, designed to support and preferably incloseand conceal the working parts of the fastener. In the frame are a seriesof holes adapted to serve as bolt-sockets c, and a bolt D is guidedlongitudinally of the casing in openings c c' and engages the sockets dto secure the lower sash to the frame. On the bolt D is a colla-r d,Fig. 4, adapted to engage a lug a on the casing to hold the bolt eitherin the sockets or entirely out of the same. A spring II between thecollar and the opposite side of the casing tends to thrust the bolt intothe sockets. Fig..6 shows the preferred shape of the lug d', and thesame is preferably limited in lateral ex- Serial No. 69,004. (No model.)

tent, so as to pass through a notch d', Fig. 6, in the collar to permitthe bolt to be drawn back. On the top, between the opening c andreaching almost to thelug a', is a seinicircular channel d3, Fig. 8,partially encircling the spring and boltD and forming a stop to preventwithdrawal of said bolt. part of the casing are slots c2 c3, throughwhich extends a transverse bolt E,'Which carries within the casing aslide F, provided with three perforated lugs fff2, through which thebolt E extends, the perforations being eX- tended in V shape at f3 topermit a lug e on the bolt to pass through when the latter isA turnedinto the proper position. A collar c on the bolt E furnishes a bearingfor a spring G, which also bears on the casing to crowd the bolt E intothe sockets b. On the slide F is an arm f4, extending through the casingand guided thereinv and provided outside of said casing with a portionf5, extending at right angles toward the upper sash and terminating in aroller f6, adapted to run upon the inner edge of said sash, as seen inFig-2. The slide F rides against a guide c5, raised from the bottomplate of the casing, which keeps the slide from tilting or wabbling. Alug or pin`f7, also on the slide, carries a coiled spring f8, bearingupon the casing'and tending to crowd the slide, so as to cause theroller f6 to bear .upon the upper sash. By this means the bolt E is keptin the vertical plane of the opening?) regardless of any relativelateral movement of the sash one with respect to the other. The lugs f ff2 provide means for holding the bolt E in position to engage the uppersash or withdrawn therefrom, so as to permit of the free movement ofsaid upper sash. f

By means of this device either sash may be held in any desired positionin the frame, the lower sash being locked to the framepand the uppersash to the lower sash.

I am aware of the possibility of great variation in the form ofconstruction and for that reason do not limit myself to the specificdetails.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The combinationwith a pair of window sash and frame, of a fastener secured to one sash,suitable bolt-sockets in the other In the lowerl IOG sash, a bolt insaid fastener, a slide guiding said bolt in a line at right angles withthe sash, an arm upon said slide, a roller upon the end of said arm incontact with the sash, means for keeping said roller in permanentcontact with said sash, said slide thereby keeping said bolt in lineWith the bolt-perforations, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a window-frame and a pair of Window-sashtherein, of a fastener for said Window-sash consisting of a suitableframe secured to one of said sash, bolt-sockets in the other sash, abolt supported in the fastener-frame so as to move in a lineperpendicular to the other sash and also laterally With respect to thetwo sash and a lateral vguide for said bolt mounted in thefastener-frame and provided with means of en gagementrwith the othersash so as to maintain the bolt in the line of the sockets in said othersash; substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set myV hand, at Harvard, in thecounty of McHenry and State of Illinois, this 16th dayof July, A. D.1901.

CLAYTON A. GOODSELL.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PEAVEY, ALEX. BECK.

